Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth (TOPY) was founded in the early 1980s by members of Psychic TV, Coil, Current 93, and a number of other individuals. The ever-evolving network is a loosely federated group of people operating as a unique blend of artistic collective, and practitioners of magic. TOPY is dedicated to the manifestation of magical concepts lacking mysticism or the worship of gods. The group focuses on the psychic and magical aspects of the human brain linked with "guiltless sexuality". The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Psychic TV (sometimes spelt Psychick TV) or PTV, is primarily an electronic music group that occasionally forays into psychedelic, punk, and experimental music. ... Coil (1982 - 13 November 2004) were a cross-genre, experimental music group who worked in such forms as industrial, noise, ambient and dark ambient, neo-folk, spoken word, drone music, and minimalism. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mysticism from the Greek μυστικός (mystikos) an initiate (of the Eleusinian Mysteries, μυστήρια (mysteria) meaning initiation[1]) is the pursuit of achieving communion or identity with, or conscious awareness of, ultimate reality, the divine, spiritual truth, or God through direct experience, intuition, or insight; and the belief that such experience is an...

Throughout its existence, TOPY has been an influential group in the underground Chaos magic scene and in the wider western occult tradition. TOPY's research has covered both Left-hand path and Right-hand path magick, various elements of psychology, art, music, and a variety of other media. Some of the influences on the network have been Aleister Crowley, Austin Osman Spare, and Brion Gysin. The chaos star (called a chaosphere by some practitioners) is the most popular symbol of chaos magic. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Baphomet, symbol of some Left-Hand Path religions. ... The Baphomet, symbol of some Left-Hand Path religions. ... This article refers to the magical system of Aleister Crowley and Thelema. ... Psychology is an academic and applied field involving the study of the human mind, brain, and behavior. ... The Bath, a painting by Mary Cassatt (1891-1892). ... Music is a form of entertainment or other human activity that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. ... Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley, (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947; the surname is pronounced with the first syllable sounding like the bird) was an English occultist, prolific writer, mystic, hedonist, and sexual revolutionary. ... Austin Osman Spare Austin Osman Spare (December 30, 1886 - May 15, 1956) was an English artist and magician. ... Brion Gysin (January 19, 1916 - July 13, 1986) was a writer and painter. ...

In the early 1990s a rift occurred within the network when Genesis P-Orridge of Psychic TV, one of the founding members, and probably the most famous public face of TOPY during the 1980's, claimed that he was shutting down the network. The existing members of the network chose not to go with this and carried on with their activities. So Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth continued to grow and evolve throughout the 1990s and into the 21st century while Genesis P-Orridge moved on to other projects such as The Process Church of The Final Judgment. See also 1990s, the band The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, sometimes informally including popular culture from the very late 1980s and from 2000 and beyond. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Psychic TV (sometimes spelt Psychick TV) or PTV, is primarily an electronic music group that occasionally forays into psychedelic, punk, and experimental music. ... The 21st century is the present century of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Process Church of the Final Judgement, more commonly known as simply The Process was a late 1960 religious cult. ...

Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth continues to be an active network of magical practitioners, with a semi-regular journal, Broadcast (which has just seen issue 10 published), and a number of other projects available.

Key Texts

There have been a number of texts produced by Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth to expound its philosophies, many of which can be found on their website. Some of the key texts produced over the years have been:

• Thee Sigilizers Handbook
• Thee Grey Book (which was important during the 1980's but is no longer distributed by TOPY)
• Thee Black Book
• Broadcast (the journal of TOPY)

External links

• The Official TOPY website
• TOPY site in Spanish
• Broadcast #10
• Thee Sigil Garden
• TOPY on myspace

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